Commission on Civil Rights. She recently wrote this. and I think it has a tremendous ring of truth from my knowledge in these past years in dealing with the groups. Today. few Hispanic organizations on their own promote English or civic classes for Latin immigrants. Instead of imbuing immigrants with a sense of the importance of acquiring and adopting the common English language. Hispanic leaders place greater emphasis on retaining Spanish and thus encourage Hispanics to remain separate from the culture In which they reside. I share Ms. Chavez view that the efforts of the groups to extend bilingual ballots could better be directed at promoting English classes for those who need to improve their English to naturalize or to vote or simply do as well as Is possible to do in this country. That is what those groups ought to be doing. but they do not do it. Ask them the reasons for that.
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Hispanic organizations do not promote English or civic classes for Latin immigrants, encouraging them to remain separate from the culture.